There was a time when Henderson was very popular, typically in 2021. At the end of 2020-21, Henderson started 10/12 of Man United's final Premier League games. Although he had not officially "done the pig" De Gea at that time, Henderson emerged as a worthy replacement.
The English goalkeeper's ability is clearly seen. He has the talent to control the defense and get in and out very reasonably. There was a time when Solskjaer let De Gea visit his family when his wife gave birth and entrusted everything left in the team to Henderson. However, at the right time, in the most important match of the season, Solsa included De Gea in the list of 11 players in the Europa League final 2020-21.
It was uncertain whether Henderson would have done better than De Gea if he had come on, but De Gea could not stop him even with just one penalty from 11 shots from the opponent. At that time, Henderson's penalty save rate was better than De Gea's.
He continued to work hard for Henderson when he was named in the England squad for EURO 2020 held not long after. Along with Ramsdale, Henderson was on the list of announced elimination just over a day after England had their opening match against Croatia. The reason given was a hip injury during the training session.
The peak of his disillusionment was Henderson's COVID-19 infection. Before that, although he was a reserve in the Spanish national team, when he returned to the season, De Gea caught well and knew how to seize the opportunity back in hand. In the 2021-22 season, Henderson's first match was against West Ham in the League Cup. As a result, M.U lost with the minimum score and was eliminated. A week before, De Gea, facing West Ham in the Premier League, successfully blocked Noble's penlaty to keep the "Red Devils" points.
The last time Henderson caught in the Premier League was on February 23, 2021 in M.U's 2-1 win over Wolves.
After two years on loan at Sheffield, Henderson did very well. When he was proven capable of returning and competing for a position at M.U with De Gea, Henderson was too unlucky.
From the end of 2019 until now, despite performing almost as well as possible and meeting expectations many times, Henderson has not been able to stay at Old Trafford.
It is sad for this goalkeeper that he is catching well and has encountered health-related problems on the sidelines. When he returned, the opportunity was no longer within his reach. If given the opportunity, Henderson may not have done as well as Ramsdale (Arsenal).
A new season is coming and a reserve life is ahead, Henderson is facing a chance to be loaned to Nottingham - a team that has just returned to the Premier League after more than 20 years. A good opportunity like Sheffield before would be very good for Henderson to prove that the Man United coaching staff had mis judged him.
